"I could build this with a script."
You could. Then you babysit proxies, headless browsers and breakage forever. Engineers use WebRobot to stop maintaining scrapers, not because they can't write one.
Field manual · Unit WR-01 · AI web scraping agent
AI Web Scraper That Browses Like a Human
WebRobot is an AI web scraper: tell it what data you want in plain English. It clicks, logs in, follows pagination and delivers a clean spreadsheet, even when the site changes.
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Robots running
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Rows last month
4.8/5
From data teams
FIG. 2 · LIVE EXTRACTION CONSOLE
Robot console · WR-01
Standing by Running · s Complete · rows
1 · Pick a target
3 · Fields to extract
Agent log
Crawl graph
Extracted data · rows
Want this data fresh every morning, without lifting a finger?
WebRobot crawls responsibly: it respects robots.txt and rate limits. Is web scraping legal?
Delivers to
Google Sheets
Slack
Zapier
Webhooks
CSV / Excel
REST API
01 / CAPABILITIES
FIG. 3 · WHAT THE UNIT REPLACES
Your scraper broke again. This one fixes itself.
Point-and-click scrapers snap the moment a website changes its layout.
WebRobot reads the page the way a person does, so your data keeps flowing.
MODULE 1
No selectors to break
You never touch CSS paths or XPath. Describe the data in a sentence; the agent finds it on the page, today and after the next redesign. no code web scraper.
self-heal rate: 98.6% · avg repair: 41s
MODULE 2
Logs in, clicks, fills forms
Real agent behavior: sign-ins, search forms, "load more" buttons, multi-step flows. If a person can reach the data, the robot can too. browser automation tool.
actions: click · type · paginate · download
MODULE 3
Self-heals on site changes
When a page moves things around, the robot re-reads it, re-maps your fields and keeps extracting. You get a note, not an outage. website change monitoring.
monitors: layout drift · schema check
MODULE 4
Sheets, Slack and API delivery
Fresh rows land in Google Sheets before your morning coffee, alerts hit Slack, and engineers get clean JSON from the API. web scraping api.
formats: csv · xlsx · json · webhook
02 / OPERATING PROCEDURE
FIG. 4 · THREE-STEP SEQUENCE
Automated web scraping in three steps
Thirty seconds to grasp, ten minutes to set up. The robot handles everything between.
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STEP 1
Describe
Type what you want in plain English: "Every product with price and stock, follow pagination." Paste the starting URL. That is the whole setup.
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STEP 2
The robot browses
The agent opens the site like a person: it reads pages, clicks through lists, logs in where you allow it, and extracts the fields you asked for.
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STEP 3
Data arrives
Clean, deduplicated rows land in Sheets, CSV, Slack or your API endpoint, once, daily, hourly, or the moment something changes.
Want the full teardown? Read how automated web scraping works or browse web scraping use cases from lead generation to price monitoring.
03 / FOR THE TEAM LEAD
FIG. 5 · COST OF STALE DATA
One robot that never calls in sick
A manual research contractor costs $2,000 to $4,000 a month and a broken scraper means
decisions on stale data. WebRobot Scale runs the same workload for $249.
Worked example · pricing analyst, 80-store e-commerce team
| VA copy-pasting competitor prices, 25 h / week at $28 / h | $3,033 / mo |
| Decisions made on week-old prices during promos | margin leak |
| WebRobot Scale: hourly monitors on 25 robots | $249 / mo |
| Recovered every month | $2,784 + fresher calls |
Compliance matters at this level: crawling honors robots.txt and rate limits, and data handling is documented on the security page.
FIG. 6 · YOUR NUMBER
What does manual collection cost you?
Manual cost / mo
Saved with Scale ($249)
04 / VERSUS THE ALTERNATIVES
FIG. 7 · HONEST COMPARISON
You might be thinking…
"Point-and-click tools are cheaper."
Until the site changes and your selectors silently break mid-quarter. The price difference is one afternoon of an analyst's time.
"Is scraping even allowed?"
Collecting public data is legal in most jurisdictions when done responsibly. We built the guardrails in. Full legal explainer.
| Capability | WebRobot | Octoparse | Browse AI | Apify |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Setup | Plain English sentence | Point-and-click selectors | Record a robot | Write or rent actors |
| Survives site redesigns | Self-heals automatically | Breaks, manual fix | Breaks, re-record | Depends on actor code |
| Logins, forms, multi-step | Included (Scale and up) | Limited | Simple extraction only | If you code it |
| Pricing model | Flat monthly | Tiered + add-ons | Credits (math anxiety) | Usage-based, unpredictable |
| Engineering time needed | None | Low, frequent fixes | Low, frequent re-records | High |
Deep dives: Octoparse alternative · Browse AI alternative · Apify alternative
"We replaced a part-time contractor and two brittle scraper scripts with three robots. The lead list refreshes itself every morning at 6, and when a directory redesigned in March, the robot fixed its own mapping before we even noticed."
Maya Lindqvist · Revenue Operations Lead · Northbeam Co
05 / PRICING
FIG. 8 · REQUISITION OPTIONS
Pick your fleet size
Every plan includes the AI agent, self-healing robots and all delivery channels.
Full details on the pricing page.
Monthly
Yearly · 20% off
LAUNCH
For one team getting its first robots into production.
/ mo
billed yearly
billed monthly
- 5 robots
- 10,000 extracted records / mo
- Daily scheduling
- CSV + Google Sheets + API delivery
- 1 seat
- Standard support
Replaces ~10 hours of manual copy-paste each month.
Most popular
SCALE
For teams that run on fresh data every day.
/ mo
billed yearly
billed monthly
- 25 robots
- 100,000 extracted records / mo
- Hourly scheduling + change alerts
- Agent actions: logins, forms, multi-step
- Slack, Zapier, webhooks + full API
- 5 seats
- Priority support
Replaces a $2,000 to $4,000 / mo research contractor.
AUTOPILOT
For data operations at production scale.
/ mo
billed yearly
billed monthly
- 100 robots
- 1,000,000 extracted records / mo
- Real-time monitors
- Autonomous multi-step agent flows
- Full API + all integrations
- 15 seats
- Dedicated success manager
Runs a full pricing-intelligence desk without headcount.
ENTERPRISE
Unlimited robots and records, dedicated infrastructure and invoicing. Built for procurement.
- SSO / SAML
- Roles + permissions
- Audit log
- DPA + security review
- Dedicated CSM
Cancel anytime · Data encrypted in transit and at rest · Security details
06 / FAQ
FIG. 9 · FIELD QUESTIONS
Questions data teams ask us
Collecting publicly available data is legal in most jurisdictions, and courts have repeatedly upheld it.
What matters is how you scrape: WebRobot honors robots.txt, applies rate limits and avoids personal data by default.
Our guide to web scraping legality covers the details.
The agent re-reads the changed page and re-maps your fields automatically, that is the self-healing part.
For bot defenses, robots browse with real browser fingerprints, human-like pacing and managed rotating exits, and always within a site's stated limits.
No. You describe the data in a sentence, like you would brief an assistant. Developers who want more get a full
web scraping API with JSON output and webhooks.
Anything a human can open in a browser: e-commerce catalogs, directories, job boards, listing portals, news sites,
and pages behind logins you own. If a site offers a public API, we will often suggest that route instead.
Most first robots deliver rows in under ten minutes: describe the task, watch the run, download the CSV.
Schedules and alerts take one more click.
Yes. Plans are monthly or yearly, cancel from your workspace with one click and keep everything you exported.
Into your workspace, your Sheets, your Slack and your endpoints. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest;
the security page documents retention and processing.
More answers on the full FAQ page.
FINAL ASSEMBLY
Put a robot on it today
Describe the data you want. Get a clean spreadsheet back tomorrow morning, and every morning after.